Innovation in SMEs and Micro Firms (eBook, PDF)

Culture, Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Regional Development
Redaktion: Fernández-Esquinas, Manuel; Pinto, Hugo; Oostrom, Madelon van

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Produktbeschreibung

The eleven chapters explore various angles of the relationship between culture and innovation in small firms, mainly in peripheral environments of Europe. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of European Planning Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351016148
• Artikelnr.: 57897106

Autorenporträt

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas is a Research Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). His research interests lie in the intersection of the sociology of innovation and science policy. Currently he is serving as President of the Spanish Sociological Federation and Director of the Spanish Journal of Sociology. Madelon van Oostrom is Lecturer and Researcher at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands and Innovation Manager of Tenerife Science & Technology Park, Spain. Her professional and academic interests concern innovation culture, entrepreneurship, institutions and education, and learning of skills and competences for innovation. Hugo Pinto is a Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, and Professor in the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve, Portugal. Economist, PhD in Governance and Innovation, his research interests are regional innovation systems, knowledge transfer and smart specialisation in peripheral territories.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. Key issues on innovation, culture and institutions:
implications for SMEs and Micro Firms Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Madelon
van Oostrom & Hugo Pinto 2. Culture and innovation in SMEs: the
intellectual structure of research for further inquiry Miguel
González-Loureiro, María José Sousa & Hugo Pinto 3. Exploring the links
between culture and innovation in Micro Firms: cultural dimensions, social
mechanisms and outcomes Madelon van Oostrom & Manuel Fernández-Esquinas 4.
The 'Enterprise of Innovation' in hard times: corporate culture and
performance in Italian high-tech companies Francesco Ramella 5. A new
approach to business innovation modes: the 'Research, Technology and Human
Resource Management (RTH) model' in the ICT sector in Belarus Natalja
Apanasovich, Henar Alcalde Heras & Davide Parrilli 6. Strengthening SMEs'
innovation culture through collaborations with public research
organizations. Do all firms benefit equally? Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Ana
García-Granero, Elena Castro-Martínez & Pablo D'Este 7. Innovative culture
in district innovation systems of European ceramics SMEs Daniel Gabaldón
Estevan & Josep-Antoni Ybarra 8. Entrepreneurial process in peripheral
regions: the role of motivation and culture Francisco García-Rodríguez,
Espanza Gil-Soto, Inés Ruiz-Rosa & Desiderio Gutiérrez-Tano 9. Making
visible the role of vocational education and training in firm innovation:
evidence from Spanish SMEs Eneka Albizu, Mikel Olazaran, Cristina Lavia &
Beatriz Otero 10. Pragmatic urbanism: London Railway arches and Small-Scale
enterprise Francesca Froy 11. The use of design as a strategic tool for
innovation: an analysis for different firms' networking behaviours Marisa
Cesário, Dora Agapito, Helena Almeida & Silvia Fernandes